Splat go the Jammie Dodgers
27-Jan-2009
Burton's is expanding its children's biscuit brand Jammie Dodgers with a new out-of-home snack product entitled Splat Snacks. The crunchy, chewy...
Chocolate makes teeth happy
27-Jan-2009
Two Belgian chocolate makers have launched tooth-friendly products, which have been clinically tested and endorsed by dentists.The companies...
27-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Kombucha is predicted to be the "next big thing" when it comes to the UK's drinks market, according to a recently launched NPD service provider, Tim...
NPD In Brief
27-Jan-2009
Adventures in ice creamIngredients firm Pecan Deluxe Candy has invested heavily in new product development to meet the growing demand for more...
Trade Talk
27-Jan-2009
Motivation rather than legislation
27-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Food processors consider exporting more goods to take advantage of sterling's demise
27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
The Carbon Trust is working closely with processors on a host of new schemes
27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
EU funds rash of safety technology trials inthe chilled and frozen food supply chain
Red meat chain must become lean
27-Jan-2009
UK red meat processors must apply the lean manufacturing techniques used by competitors elsewhere in Europe if they are to prosper in the 21st...
News In Brief
27-Jan-2009
Snacks turn sourConfectionery and premium snacks maker Zetar posted a £4.2M first half loss amid falling consumer spending and higher input costs....
27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
supply chain prepares emergency measures
Growth at Ginsters
27-Jan-2009
Cornish pasty manufacturer Ginsters plans to automate a third 'pick and place' production line this year as part of a growth strategy which predicts...
27-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Former Unilever chief Scientist challenges Britain's suspicion of new food technology
Competition law is a minefield
27-Jan-2009
Keeping on the right side of competition law is becoming "more and more tricky", according to the new boss of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF),...
News In Brief
27-Jan-2009
Firms in dangerIndustry analyst Plimsoll has released its latest report into the UK food manufacturing market, which rates 295 of the UK's leading...
27-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Gloomy prospect for brain health claims
EU decision may cast shadow on dairy
27-Jan-2009
Most cheeses and many spreadable fats will not be able to carry health claims of any kind if the latest version of the nutrient profiling model...
27-Jan-2009
Credit insurers' decision to slash cover threaten the whole food supply chain, warn bosses
M&S accused over Vion
27-Jan-2009
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has come under fire over its decision to phase out around 50% of the products that it sources from Vion's site in...
Greencore to close factory and axe 180 jobs
26-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Greencore is to close its frozen desserts factory in West Yorkshire, resulting in the loss of around 180 jobs.The factory manufactures own-label...
TV chefs fly the animal welfare flag again
26-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Animal welfare is about to take centre stage once more with celebrity chefs hosting TV programmes highlighting the conditions under which animals are...
Health claims list could be ‘decimated’
26-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
The ‘article 13’ list of applications under the EU health claims legislation will be “decimated” if regulators insist on applying...
Cautious welcome for Brown’s £20bn bail out
26-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has cautiously welcomed the government’s promise to guarantee £20bn of loans to struggling companies, but...
Pound's plunge pushes up cost of frozen food
26-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy
Frozen fruit and vegetable producers will have to pass cost increases on to retailers as their power to buy in imports is hit by sterling’s falling...
26-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
There has been “unprecedented interest” from food manufacturers and retailers in tools to help them take a more strategic approach to raw...
Industry suffers with wave of factory closures
19-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
The second week of January brought fresh pain for the food manufacturing industry, as more factory closures were announced.Gibsons Foods’ factory...
Pension protection fund offers to help firms
19-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
The pension protection fund (PPF) is urging food manufacturers that are struggling with its schemes to immediately get in touch with it, because in...
19-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Despite their apparent simplicity, traffic light labels are misleading consumers because they don’t realise how the colours are calculated,...
Functional foods to combat age-related disease
19-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Functional foods of the future might seek to address the underlying causes of age-related chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s, arthritis and...
13-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed Andrew Kuyk CBE to the post of director of sustainability and competitiveness, with immediate...
12-Jan-2009
Heinz has abandoned its second attempt to create a successful chilled soup brand and pulled its Farmers’ Market range from the chillers just 18...
Manufacturers crumble under retailers’ pressure
12-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Food manufacturers are crumbling under the “immense pressure” put on them by retailers, warned Unite the Union recently. The warning comes after...
Manufacturers fear ‘bureaucratic nightmare’
12-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Manufacturers of compound food products have rejected the idea floated by environment secretary Hilary Benn that country of origin labelling should...
Hope for new soft drinks production facility
12-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Soft drinks entrepreneur Andrew Cawthray is hoping to secure planning permission to build a soft drinks production facility at Leeming Bar,...
Buyer rescues Devon fudge manufacturer
12-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Confectioner Bristow’s of Devon is due to re-start production at its Crediton-based factory today, after a buyer was found to rescue the...
Ajinomoto seeks resolution to ‘nasty’ slurs
12-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Aspartame supplier Ajinomoto is pushing for an early resolution to its legal dispute with Asda via a preliminary hearing at London’s High...
Healthy snacks continue to enjoy massive consumer demand
08-Jan-2009
Modern eating patterns, health awareness and hectic lifestyles mean that consumers are favouring healthy snacks and more and more options are hitting...
08-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Professor David Boxer has been appointed as the next director of the Institute of Food Research and Professor of Microbial Metabolism at the...
07-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing has appointed four industry figures to its board of directors.These include Professor...
2009 will be a tough year for manufacturers
05-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Business leaders are predicting a tough year ahead as the effects of the global downturn feed through to producers and manufacturers.The dairy sector...
Experts are divided on this year’s food trends
05-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
Industry commentators fail to agree about the major trends for 2009, with some anticipating a resurgence in nostalgic foods made with simple...
05-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Half of the applications to make health claims under article 13.1 of the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation do not include sufficient...
Don’t cut back health and safety, warn experts
05-Jan-2009
Skimping on health and safety to save money as the recession bites could backfire, since new legislation will mean harsher penalties, a leading...
Axe hangs over the head of Bakkavör staff
05-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Around 300-400 staff face redundancy at three Bakkavör factories in south Lincolnshire as the firm conducts a restructure amid “worsening economic...
Campaigners say Change4Life is missing a trick
05-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
The Department of Health’s (DoH) Change4Life initiative is a “lost opportunity for government to get the food industry to act responsibly”,...
New technology reduces freezers’ downtime
05-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous
A recent advance in freezing technology has made it possible for manufacturers to improve productivity by reducing the downtime involved in...
02-Jan-2009 By Hayley Brown
In a bid to enhance the nutritional content of foods, an enzyme treatment has been harnessed to increase soluble fibre levels, Campden brewing...
Spanish food firm raises the bar of functional chocolate
02-Jan-2009
In response to the increasing consumer demand for healthier chocolate, Spanish food firm Natra has unveiled a new line of functional chocolate and...
Forge a sustainable future
02-Jan-2009
A united attempt is under way to define sustainability and apply sustainable principles to food industry training, says Rod Addy
Meet the low-cost controller
02-Jan-2009
A new range of units is available to improve the control capabilities of food and beverage processing machinery. The Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400...
